Marketing Resources and Tools

These are the tools, resources and training that I recommend for the fastest, easiest ways to grow your business.

I have used, or am familiar with, all of the products and this list represents the cream of the crop for business tools.

I share my marketing resources because knowing which marketing systems to trust is an important accelerator in business development.  I hope it is helpful for you too.  If you need more guidance, contact me for coaching.

 

Training Resources

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This is a good primer for everyone trying to apply attraction marketing techniques online today, especially Network Marketers.

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The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing

 

 

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Blog Training

Start Blogging Successfully

Ann Sieg and Ty Tribble's Blogging For Prospects

Ifyou do NOT have a blog or it’s NOT working, don’t do any more ‘checking around’, just follow these three easy steps:

Click here and watch the videos (no cost)

Next, get MLM Blog Secrets (and Blog Code, if you are serious about success)

Just Follow along with the training (don’t skip any of the material)

 

Direct Response Marketing

Direct Response Training

My Global Training is a top tier training and coaching club, run by Mark Hoverson, specializing in direct response marketing.

This one is for very serious beginners all the way up to advanced online marketers.

This one has a recurring monthly fee and over-delivers on value every single month.  It was designed for members of my team and my core business,but it open to anyone.

One caveat: Clear your calendar, open your mind, and commit to focus and implementation!  You’ll want to take full advantage of this!  Contact me to develop your personalized plan.

Bonus:  You can get a 60 day free trial to this premier, membership-only, Direct Response Training and Coaching club. Click Here to find out how!

Google Adwords Training

Definitive Guide to Google Adwords, 2010

Quit fooling around and buy the definitive Google Adwords guide from the recognized guru, Perry Marshall.

For beginners go to Perry Marshall’s blog, where he gives a huge amount of information about PPC at no cost.  Signup for the 5 day email course.

For serious beginners and intermediate level PPC adherents, I recommend that you buy the guide. Just click the image below:

 

Marketing and Business Tools

Outsourcing Marketing

Building an Outsourcing Team

7 Steps to Outsourcing Your Online Marketing — My free ebook

This is your introduction to outsourcing and will help you decide if it is right for you and your business.  If it’s making sense, check out my next ebook “High Profit, Low Stress, Business Acceleration”

Virtual Staff Finder :  BEST overall resource for finding and hiring virtual assistants from the Philippines.  Shortcut the hiring process – let a professional find your high quality, low cost virtual staff.  All you do is interview, select, and hire; you directly hire your virtual assistant.

Think Big – Replace Yourself! “Replace Myself” is the best combination of guidance and services for building your own low cost team of virtual assistants from scratch.  It includes starter training for your VAs too.  Ideal for online marketers and affiliate marketers and entrepreneurs generating revenue from websites.

 

Keyword Research

Find Money Keywords

Try Market Samurai now for free!

DON’T skip this step and DON’T skip learning keyword research.

Either learn it or hire an expert to do it for you.  This is the starting point and the basis for ALL online traffic generation.

There are many keyword search tools out there, but there is only 1 that I recommend for serious online marketers.

Market Samurai
Dig into it during the trial period – you’ll see why I recommend it and then you’ll buy it too.  It’s the best choice.

 

Social Proof – Traffic Generation – Backlinking

SYNND – Building Social Proof

This is NOT a robot driven, ‘set and forget’ type of system for building backlinks.

SYNND, from Social Media Science, IS about automating the natural methods of bookmarking, voting, commenting, and other powerful strategies to increase traffic and raise search engine rankings.

This is the ONLY system that I recommend for automating traffic generation strategies.  The reason is because it is designed to be ‘natural’ and is actually accomplished through ‘member activities’ not robot activities.

I have been using SYNND for nearly a year and I’m comfortable that it is based on solid systems and procedures — it’s ‘Safe’ to use on your own website.  SYNND is truly ‘white hat’ as they say.

 

Technical Support – Computer, Blog, Website

Renegade Tech Consulting

WordPress Blog/Website Support

If you have a technical problem with your blog or website, Daryl Lozupone is the guy who can help you.  Daryl does fantastic work.  I highly recommend him for all blog support.

 

 

Website Tools

 

Domain Registration and Hosting

Namecheap.com - Cheap domain name registration, renewal and transfers - Free SSL Certificates - Web Hosting

I recommend buying domains here for 3 key reasons – low price, free privacy on every domain for one year, and easy to use site.

The performance, features, and price all make a difference for businesses that have a lot of domains.  Buy your domains here, host the sites at BlueHost.

 

Blue Host

I recommend Blue Host for your domain hosting.  You get unlimited transfers, domains and space for a very affordable price.

Bluehost has all the bells and whistles that your ‘Tech Guy’ will be looking for, if you decide to outsource, and it’s easy enough for you to handle the routine stuff on your own.

Plus, they have spectacular customer support which is all too rare for hosting services.

 

File Syncing and Sharing

SugarSync

SugarSync is the preferred software for file sharing and autmatic synchronization across multiple computers.  I also use it for all my online file backups – keeping my work files accessible and safe.

Why is it better than Dropbox?   They are both simple and effective.

But …

SugarSync works on your existing folder structure, and works on external drives. The ability to share, and password protect, folders is critical for business collaborations and outsourcing solutions.

Icing on the cake = the ability to share individual files (with a link) with out the need to grant permissions or send large files through email (no need to pay for a separate file transfer service!).

Once you start using SugarSync, consider upgrading to get more space and protect ALL your business files (I like the ‘undelete’ and ‘restore previous version capabilities — that’s saved me before!)

 

Drop Box

Drop Box is software that allows you to share files and keep them synced easily between multiple computers. It includes password security so you can use it for business collaborations very easily.

 

Customer Relationship & Autoresponder Tools

Oprius

Oprius is the ideal product for beginner to intermediate business owners for a full Customer Relationship Management system.  Oprius has an integrated opt-in autoresponder and lead capture page builder.  This means that you can capture lead information and have it directly captured into your CRM.

Oprius also has an easy to use relationship builder system.  You can put your lead in different plans and automatically schedule phone calls, emails, and direct mail pieces.  You will never lose contact with a lead again.

Oprius is inexpensive, easy to use and you won’t outgrow it for a while.  Oprius is a great all-in-one system for streamlining your business.

Oprius - Customer Relationship Builder

 

Aweber - Email Autoresponder

Aweber is a pure autoresponder, and one of the best available.  It’s not a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software like Oprius or Infusionsoft, it is purely for your autoresponder needs.

Aweber is very robust and flexible enough to handle any autoresponder needs.  It is also simple enough to get setup and active quickly.

The reason that I put Aweber at the top of my list for most entrepreneurs is the Information and Training they provide.  You’ll learn best practices for your email marketing, not just how to set up autoresponders.

 

Infusionsoft

The Infusionsoft Marketing Automation Suite is an all-in-one solution for small business owners.  It’s an advanced system, not for the beginner or the intermediate user – it is for successful, growing companies that want the top quality CRM and integrated marketing system available.

It deserves a comprehensive Infusionsoft Review.  Learn more about the product and company, then try a demo if it fits your marketing plans.

 

Send Out Cards

Send Out Cards is an ideal add-on to your marketing plan.  It is direct mail that gets opened.

Automated, online, and economical.  Now there is no excuse to NOT have a direct mail component to your marketing strategy.  A balanced marketing plan touches customers ‘multiple times, multiple ways’

It’s effective because it gets opened – everyone likes to get a card, so the open rate is significantly higher than nearly any other mail type. Plus it’s easy.

You can test it out on my account – send a card for Free to see how easy it is to use the system.

 

More Resources

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More Online Marketing Tools and Resources
101 Marketing Strategies, Tips and Tools
How to Have Multiple Monitors
Outsourcing – Is it the Right Business Accelerator for You?

 

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